PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaka Pheu Pheu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kool Keith has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pheu Pheu
vs
Keith

184 cm
30
207 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

198 cm
26
205 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Kaka Pheu Pheu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kool Keith!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pheu Pheu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Pheu Pheu misses.
Keith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pheu Pheu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keith.
Keith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaka Pheu Pheu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pheu Pheu misses with an uppercut. Keith saw that one coming.
Keith throws a push kick but Pheu Pheu slaps the foot to one side.
Keith avoids the body shot from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu moves out of range of the body kick from Keith.
Pheu Pheu drops his hands momentarily and Keith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Keith tries to score with a low kick but Pheu Pheu moves his leg out of the way.
Pheu Pheu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pheu Pheu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keith slips a straight right by Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith throws a leg kick which misses Pheu Pheu's front leg but catches the back leg as Pheu Pheu tries to avoid it.
Pheu Pheu is looking to slow Keith down with leg kicks.
Keith jabs Pheu Pheu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pheu Pheu avoids the head kick by Keith.
Pheu Pheu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keith counters with an inside leg kick.
Pheu Pheu is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Keith's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Keith.
Keith throws a lazy right hand but Pheu Pheu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pheu Pheu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Keith as he jumps to the side.
Good exchange - Pheu Pheu coming out on top.
Pheu Pheu throws a jab when Keith was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith defending well as Pheu Pheu loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pheu Pheu feints and then cracks Keith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keith down.
Good shot there by Keith.

It looks like Kaka Pheu Pheu has been cut.
A jab from Pheu Pheu misses.
Pheu Pheu misses the shot to the body.
Keith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pheu Pheu misses with a right hand
and Keith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pheu Pheu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Pheu Pheu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Keith clinches up with Pheu Pheu and pushes him back against the cage.
Keith misses with a punch to the body.
Keith tries to throw a body punch but Pheu Pheu avoids it by throwing Keith back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keith blocks a body shot from Pheu Pheu.
Keith has a couple of punches blocked by Pheu Pheu.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pheu Pheu's elbow.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pheu Pheu's elbow.
Keith misses with a body punch.
Keith throws a punch but it's blocked by Pheu Pheu.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Pheu Pheu controls his hands.
Pheu Pheu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pheu Pheu's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Keith fails to land.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pheu Pheu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keith blocking some punches.
Pheu Pheu throws a punch but it's blocked by Keith.
A short body shot lands from Keith as the two fighters clinch.
Pheu Pheu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pheu Pheu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Keith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pheu Pheu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keith misses with a punch to the body.
Pheu Pheu prevents a body shot from Keith.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Pheu Pheu controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kool Keith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pheu Pheu shoots in for a takedown but Keith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pheu Pheu checks the leg kick.
Pheu Pheu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Keith defends it nicely.
Keith throws a head kick that misses.
Keith keeps the fight on the outside.

Keith tries to keep at a distance but Pheu Pheu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keith lands a hook that snaps the head of Pheu Pheu backwards.
Keith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pheu Pheu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Keith lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Keith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Keith trying to pass the guard but Pheu Pheu defending well.
Keith is nestled in close to Pheu Pheu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pheu Pheu is trying to maintain the position but Keith is very close to passing his half guard.
Ground and pound from Keith.
Pheu Pheu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keith.
Keith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pheu Pheu wants to improve his position but Keith is controlling well.
Keith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Keith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Keith throwing shots but Pheu Pheu is blocking nicely.
Keith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Keith tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pheu Pheu knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pheu Pheu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Keith frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Keith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Keith raining down hammerfists from mount.
Keith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Keith is landing with some decent strikes but Pheu Pheu is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pheu Pheu is trying desperately to improve position.
Pheu Pheu tries to hold on but Keith pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keith with good strikes from the mount here!
Pheu Pheu sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Keith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Keith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pheu Pheu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Keith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pheu Pheu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pheu Pheu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pheu Pheu manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith tries to free his leg and advance position but Pheu Pheu is retaining full guard.
Pheu Pheu controlling the position.
Keith lands a couple of elbows.
Keith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Keith is looking to work some ground and pound but Pheu Pheu has wrist control.
Keith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Keith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pheu Pheu's head.
Keith throwing strikes from guard but Pheu Pheu blocks nicely.
Keith working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pheu Pheu is looking to stand up but Keith isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Keith's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kool Keith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pheu Pheu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pheu Pheu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Keith is looking to score with low kicks.
Pheu Pheu walks into a left hand.
Pheu Pheu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pheu Pheu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Keith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pheu Pheu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pheu Pheu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Keith.
Pheu Pheu throws a right hand that misses
and Keith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pheu Pheu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pheu Pheu throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith throws a low kick but Pheu Pheu avoids it.
Keith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pheu Pheu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keith.
Keith misses with a series of wild punches.
Pheu Pheu throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.
Keith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pheu Pheu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pheu Pheu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keith misses with the combination.
Keith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keith has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu misses with a looping right.
Keith tries to clinch but Pheu Pheu moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pheu Pheu. Keith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pheu Pheu connects with a leg kick. Keith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Pheu Pheu instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pheu Pheu fails to land.
Pheu Pheu digs a right hand into Keith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keith's gas tank.
Keith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pheu Pheu or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keith tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pheu Pheu working aggressively here.
Keith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pheu Pheu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith working aggressively here.
Pheu Pheu prevents a body shot from Keith.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith has a couple of punches blocked by Pheu Pheu.
Keith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pheu Pheu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pheu Pheu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pheu Pheu misses with a lunging right hand
and Keith counters with a stiff right hand.
Pheu Pheu misses with a takedown attempt

and Keith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pheu Pheu prevents a body shot from Keith.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Pheu Pheu controls the action.
Keith swings wildly with an uppercut but Pheu Pheu uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pheu Pheu blocks a body shot from Keith.
Keith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pheu Pheu backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pheu Pheu.
Still in the clinch, Keith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pheu Pheu has a couple of punches blocked by Keith.
Keith prevents a body shot from Pheu Pheu.
Keith tries to throw a body punch but Pheu Pheu avoids it by throwing Keith back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hand to the body from Keith.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keith.
A short right from Keith on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kool Keith really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Keith dives in for a single leg takedown but Pheu Pheu sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keith.
Keith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pheu Pheu backwards.
Keith tries to throw a body punch but Pheu Pheu avoids it by throwing Keith back against the cage.
Keith is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pheu Pheu gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keith is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pheu Pheu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kaka Pheu Pheu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kool Keith.
Keith lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pheu Pheu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Keith.
Keith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pheu Pheu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keith swings wildly with an uppercut but Pheu Pheu uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Keith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keith.
Keith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu misses with some punches.
Keith scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pheu Pheu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keith swings wildly with an uppercut but Pheu Pheu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pheu Pheu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith has a couple of punches blocked by Pheu Pheu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Keith.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
Keith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keith.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pheu Pheu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Pheu Pheu controls the action.
Kool Keith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Keith lands with a left to the head.
Keith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keith throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pheu Pheu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pheu Pheu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Pheu Pheu controls the action.
Pheu Pheu swings wildly with an uppercut but Keith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keith throws a head punch that misses.
Keith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keith tries to work over Pheu Pheu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pheu Pheu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pheu Pheu struggles to land a body shot inside as Keith controls his hands.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Pheu Pheu controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Keith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith tries to work over Pheu Pheu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pheu Pheu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keith.
Pheu Pheu blocks an uppercut.
Pheu Pheu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keith misses with some punches.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Pheu Pheu controls his hands.
A short right from Pheu Pheu on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keith.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keiths head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Keith - that landed with a thud.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pheu Pheu blocks a body shot from Keith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kool Keith dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pheu Pheu moves out of range as Keith throws a body kick.
Pheu Pheu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pheu Pheu throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Pheu Pheu.
Keith slips a straight right by Pheu Pheu.
Keith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pheu Pheu.
Keith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keith misses with a leg kick
and Pheu Pheu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pheu Pheu misses with a head kick.
Keith fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pheu Pheu on the side of the head.
Keith needs to keep his hands up - Pheu Pheu had a free shot at his head there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keith. Pheu Pheu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keith is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith swings for the body but Pheu Pheu moves out of range.
Keith thows a body shot but no joy.
Pheu Pheu lands a jab to the head.
Pheu Pheu connects with a body shot.
Pheu Pheu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Keith.

Pheu Pheu throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Keith was covering up waiting for the punch and Pheu Pheu finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pheu Pheu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Keith is trying to keep Pheu Pheu in close.
Pheu Pheu might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pheu Pheu preventing the sweep.
Kaka Pheu Pheu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Keith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kool Keith.
A low kick from Pheu Pheu is predictable there
and Keith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pheu Pheu moves out of range of the body kick.
Pheu Pheu looks to throw the jab but Keith is out of range.
Pheu Pheu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keith.

Keith tries to sprawl but Pheu Pheu drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kool Keith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Keith keeping hold of Pheu Pheu's head, controlling as best he can.
Pheu Pheu working over Keith with some ground and pound. Keith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu prevents Keith from improving his position.
Keith trying to control but Pheu Pheu postures up.
Keith manages to get to full guard.
Pheu Pheu distracts Keith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pheu Pheu is working Keith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pheu Pheu is looking to work some ground and pound but Keith has wrist control.
Keith lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Keith wants to control but Pheu Pheu is keeping busy.
Pheu Pheu thows a huge punch but Keith dodges it nicely.
Keith is refusing to be controlled, as Pheu Pheu sits in half guard.
Pheu Pheu wants to free his trapped foot but Keith is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pheu Pheu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Keith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keith gets full guard.
Keith tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaka Pheu Pheu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Keith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kool Keith! Kool Keith retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Kool Keith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.